IT'S REALLY WARM ALMOST HOT!!!!!!!!!!!

We are having record breaking temperatures for January in Alaska. About half of our snow is gone. (This is a first. It is always here until at least April.)It has been in the high 40's for the past 4 days. This is bad news because the snow is melting and the forcast states it is supposed to get cold again this will present a problem for wells, sewers and other pipes that have running water in them. The snow acts as an insulation during the winter and therefore the pipes do not freeze. Well, when the snow is gone and the temp is cold enough, our well, sewer and our pipes will freeze. YIKES!
The reason we still have half the snow is because the ground is still forzen, therefor, keeping the snow cold and only the top gets warm enough to melt.
Also this causes other problems for our driveway. I had to shovel snow today because all the snow fell off our roof. I was told this wouldn't happen until April or even May. I had to use my four wheel drive to get into the garage last night. This morning I would have had to put on chains, which we don't own.
Well, so much for getting a picture of the sign about thawing your car.
This is "before" I started shoveling. (I forgot to take a before picture so I took a picture of what I didn't shovel.)

This is after

It's warm!!

Well it warmed up today. Most of the ice on the inside of our windows in our house melted. It was -3 last I checked. It was so nice to go outside and not have your nose hairs freeze almost instantly.
I finally got my visiting teaching route this morning.
I also have a calling now. I teach the Valian 10 class. There are 10 students! I have not had my first lesson yet, (do to bad weather for church)So I have not taught yet.
Up here they do not cancel for snow, they cancel for temperature. When it is -30 there is just Sacrament meeting and when it is -40 or colder Sacrament is served and we go home. They do this because there is not enough plug ins in the parking lot for all the cars. So, this means everyone has to leave there cars running. That can run up the gas bill.
I saw a sign a few days ago that said something like, "Rent a stall to thaw your car." I will try to remember to get a picture of it. It was pretty funny but it is truly needed up here for those that don't have a heated garage at home.